Railroad-rail connection.



4 1,176,132. PatQ'nted-Mar. 21,1916.

P. COLLN ER; RAILRO'AD RAIL CQNNECTION. APPLICATION FILED m. a. 1915.

PETAR1COLLNER EETAZZ (35.323133- XEWABTEEY ILLIN 015.

:"n oonnnorzon.

citizen of the United States, residing at iii 6 1132.

" pplicetion filed Here To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, Pnren COLLNER a Specification of Le tters Patent.

or pass p rtion 16 of the clamping member 17 1s eds-opted to rest. if'heclamping memher 1!, herein embodied, is substantially Patented 751,19315.

1915. Serial. No. 13,090.

Keivanee, in the county of Henry State U-sha'pe inform and has its legs18 of so of illinois, have invented certain nev and snfiicient length tounderlie the meeting ends Improvements i RgihQ dR il C 1- of the rails land terminate in the upstandneetions, of which the following is a speci-111g hook portions'19 adapted to overlie the lieation, reference beinghad to accoinbase portion of the plate in order to cf panying d awingg lfGClilVElY clamp plate in operative 5-5 is Thisinventionrelates tocertain im rove pq tion nd, as is par icularly disclosed in ments inrail fasteners; and it is object g- 1, it is to be noted that the hooks19 or the invention to provide a novel and imare disposed at the. facesof the meeting rails proved fastener which may be applied with 11. Thebase or head 16 or" the clamping convenience and facility and whichserves member 17 is provided with the outstancl- 7e efiectivelyinaintainthe rail operative ing threaded shank 520 with which is enposition.gaged the clamping nut or bur 21 adapted "fit is also an object of theinvention to to bear against the free end face of the lip provide anovel and improved fastener 1-5 and the onterend face or the plate 12adapted to a rail joint possessing a so that the clamping nienber 17 maybe ,75 21} maximum 5 e tb readily and. conveniently applied in" oper-The invention consists in the details of ative position and adjusted toefiectively c'onstructionand in the combination and ariolcl the plate 10in place. The plate 12 ranggfffieglt f th several parts of my imis alsoprovided with the npstanding rib prove-cl railroad rail connectionwhereby or Web 22 integrally formed therewith and 23 certain importantadvantages are attained With the upper portion of the plate 11, as

and the device is rendered simplerless e-Xpenis particularly shown in land :2. sive and otherwise more convenient and ad- The plate 12 adjacentthe opposite ends vantageons for use ll will be hereinafter ndpreferably at points in close proximity more fully set forth; to therails 1 has disposed therethrough the 30 The novel features of theinvention will upstanding stems of the longitudinally be carefullydefined in the appended claims. disposed members 24 adapted to beextended In order that my invention may be the ithin the adjacentsidefaces of the ties i better understood, l will now proceed to'de} Twhereby t e plate 11 is held against 1 scribe the same with reference tothe creeping" and npper end portions of the so companying drawings,Wherein stems 23 have in threaded geinent there- 7 Figure 1 a view intop plan illustratwith the clamping nuts 25 whereby the stems ing; anembo' ment of my invention in oper- 23 be held against displacementrelative yative assen 2 is a sectional view to the plate 12. takensubstantially on the line 22 of Fi From the foregoing Jescripficn it isy 49 1; Fig 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in thought to be obviousthat a rail fastener elevation and partly in section, illustrat---constructed in accordance with my invening certain details of myinvention as partion is'of an extremely simple 2 "l comparaticularlydisclosed in 2; Fig. l is a view tively inexpensive nature andparticularly in elevation of the member herein employed Well adapted foruse by reas i. of the con loo for coasting with a tie. venience andfacility With och it may be As disclcsed in the accompanyingdrawassembled, and it will also be obvious that ings 1-1 denote themeeting ends of rails my invention is susceptible of some change restedupon the ties Coacting with the and modification Without materialdeparture meeting ends of the rails 1 are the fish from the principlesand spirit thereof and lil-i plates 10 and 11, the Web portion of thefor this reason do not wish to be underplate 11 being provided with thelaterally stood as limiting myselftothe precise rd nosed plate 12integrally produced thererangement and formation of the several w and ofpredetermined dimensions and 'parts herein shown in carrying out my invdepending from the rear portion vention. 11o thereof the lug 1 2terminating in the out- I claim: I

Wardly disposed lip 15 on which the head 1. In combination with spacedties anda v rail positioned thereon, a fish plate coasting wlth therail, a plate extending laterally from the fish plate and arrangedintermediate the ties, vertically disposed substanin engagement with theadably engaged and disposed longitudinally diate the ties, verticallydisposed substantiallv L-shape tie engaging members detach with. anddepending from the last named plate, the feet of said L-shaoe membersbeing reversely directed and disposed longitudinally of the rail and inengagement with the adjacent ties.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PETAR COLLNER.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN S. KENnRovIo, PETE TUKOVIOH.

